The Plane

For the competition in 2012 the Monash UAS plane will be based on the Flyin' King designed by Bruce Tharpe Engineering. This plane was purchased in 2011 as a testbed for onboard systems, however we believe that it will also be a viable plane for the challenge. We have designed a new wing for this fuselage, which allows the plane to fly much faster.

The 2011 Monash UAS team designed a plane for future use which is not being implemented in 2012 due to time constraints and insufficient availability of students to construct the design before the April 4th cutoff. Following some design modifications we hope to construct the plane later in the year to use in future competitions.